Topic: SW vs LotR

Re: SW vs LotR

As a big fan of both I am cut right down the middle. I would have to say Star Wars purely because of all the Expanded Universe stuff. Yes I know you have Sillmarillion and Lost Tales and more recently Children of Hurin (which I have yet to read). But me I like stuff after the main events, which is why I enjoy The New Jedi Order and Legacy of the Force series. The appendixes in Return of the King aren't enough to satisfy my craving.

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you really can't compare these two. As a critic, yea. But these are two completely different fantasies. It's easier to compare SW to Star Trek or anything else taking in space. But LotR is completely different.

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I think that there is major differences in both but there has been alot of discussion about the hero's of each and the way that they differ. Luke goes head first and recklessly into his destiny as a way to escape the life he would lead on tattoine yet Frodo is reluctant and only accepts his destiny because he is the ring barer. he did not go out of his way to find adventure, he would of rather be at home in Bagend smoking some longbottom pipe weed! In saying that, I love starwars and the l.o.t.r is the only movies that have come close to the holy trilogy! But the books are another matter all together!!!

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I believe Clerks II said it best... But since this is a family site I cannot quote or give a link to show what I mean... but they have a great scene where the one guy just lays waste to the LOTR movies.

Truthfully though, I liked LOTR, but they were a little too drawn out for my tastes.

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Fetterthanyou wrote:

I believe Clerks II said it best... But since this is a family site I cannot quote or give a link to show what I mean... but they have a great scene where the one guy just lays waste to the LOTR movies.

Truthfully though, I liked LOTR, but they were a little too drawn out for my tastes.

Is there a site where I can see that scene? I also like the line "theres only one return, and its of the Jedi."....i saw that in the commercials

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HA! Clerks, I have a friend who did that whole LOTR Walking thing as a joke to my sister (he was trying to impress her) and a few of my other friends and they were laughing so hard. I was laughing because they had no clue that he was ripping it word for word.

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Writing= Star Wars had one of the most epic turning points in movie history (I am you're father). Gotta admit LOTR has great writing... but Jackson didn't write it, J.R.R. Tolkien did. So theres the advantage.

Writing= Star Wars had one of the most epic turning points in movie history (I am you're father). Gotta admit LOTR has great writing... but Jackson didn't write it, J.R.R. Tolkien did. So theres the advantage.

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it's just my way of saying Star Wars doesn't even begin to compare to Lord of the Rings in my book!

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Book: LotrMovie: bothEverything Else: Star Wars

And, to point out a very certain fact, Lord of the Rings is not a trilogy. It is one story, separated into three books. i.e.: the second book is called The Two Towers, not LotR 2: The Two Towers. The latter would make it a sequel.

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Fett_II wrote:

Book: LotrMovie: bothEverything Else: Star Wars

And, to point out a very certain fact, Lord of the Rings is not a trilogy. It is one story, separated into three books. i.e.: the second book is called The Two Towers, not LotR 2: The Two Towers. The latter would make it a sequel.

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that's because Peter Jackson wanted to not go by how the books were written. And if J.R.R. Tolkien said it's not a Trilogy (even his son, Christopher re-prints it in newer editions), then their words are above all others. Like, in example, if George Lucas were to pronounce that all six Star Wars movies are in fact gothic, then we'd have no choice but to accept it.